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Nature Journal Class at The Page Museum

Posted in Education, Sketching & Journaling, tagged , , on September 12, 2008 | No Comments »

NATURE JOURNALING AT THE PAGE
Location: Page Museum (La Brea Tar Pits)
When: Saturday October 11 - Sunday October 12, 2008; 9:30 a.m. - 4:30 a.m.
Cost: $100 members / $125 non-members; Lunch and basic supplies included
Instructor: Janet Takahashi
More: All skill levels welcome (ages 16 and up); enrollment is limited; download flyer here.

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Real Life: Learning More About Dorstenia

Posted in Education, Real Life Series, Sketching & Journaling, Special Articles & Interviews, tagged , , , , , , , , , on January 22, 2008 | No Comments »

Earlier I mentioned a few resources you could use to research your plant specimen. Today I will draw on these resources and others to learn more about the Dorstenia plant I selected for my current project. I always start with the big picture and then get more specific, so I will begin with learning more [...]

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Real Life: Learning More About Your Subject

Posted in ArtPlantae Books, Education, Real Life Series, Sketching & Journaling, Special Articles & Interviews, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on January 8, 2008 | 3 Comments »

Collecting plant material is one of my favorite past times. Like most gardeners, I buy seeds, bulbs, corms, rhizomes and plants that are not zoned for where I live just to see if they will grow. USDA and Sunset zoning charts mean nothing to me. They only help me steer clear of plants requiring 500 [...]

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Real Life: Choosing a Specimen

Posted in Real Life Series, Sketching & Journaling, Special Articles & Interviews, tagged , , , , , , , , , on December 25, 2007 | No Comments »

I am drawn to botanical illustration for the information I can learn from the carefully crafted stories that botanical illustrators tell through their drawings. I appreciate when an illustrator teaches me something new and directs my attention towards something I have never noticed. Because I like looking for new information in an illustration, the plants [...]

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Botanical Illustration in Real Life

Posted in Education, Real Life Series, Sketching & Journaling, Special Articles & Interviews, tagged , , , , , , , on December 11, 2007 | No Comments »

Very few people can claim to be a fully-employed botanical artist or illustrator. For most of us, capturing plants on paper remains an extracurricular activity. And of all the extracurricular activities in our lives, botanical illustration usually happens only if we remember to think about it.
This new blog series is for the “extracurricular artist.” If [...]

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Perfect Time for A Tour

Posted in Economic Botany, Education, Learning Opportunities, Venues, tagged , , , , , , on October 26, 2007 | No Comments »

Scheduling a tour around the beginning of olive packing season can be a tricky thing because of the many external factors that can influence the start of the season. Fortunately, our conversations with the staff at Graber Olive House paid off. The canning season begins this weekend! This means that the packing house will be [...]

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